Advertising vehicle



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GECIL HARDIURD mman, QE CHICAGO, ILLlNOIASSIGNO 0F ONE-THIRD To/JAMES J. pulman.. sa., or7 CHICAGO, Immersaun ONE-mman 'ro WESLEY A. L. LEH- MANN, 0F .IIORES'I PABX, ILLINOIS.

Dynamisme VEHICLE. l

yApplication led December 19, 1925. Serial No. 76,355.'

My inventionrelates to anadvertising vehicle, and more particularly to a vehicle kcontaining movable means and stationary means arranged and ada ted for containing and displaying advertising matter; and the main object is to provide a traveling vehicle which has stationary parts or means for displaying advertising matter, and also has movable parts or means for containing various advertising matter and which is continuously movable to display the various advertising features inA succession, and preferably by having a rotatable surface'bearing the advertising matter so as to move it successively into view and out of view.

Other objects will appear hereinafter.

The invention consists .in the combinations and arran ements of parts hereinafter described and c aimed.

The invention will `be best understood -by reference to they accompanying drawings forminga part of this specification, and in which,

Fig. l is aside elevation of my invention;

Fig. 2 is an end elevation thereof;

Fig. 3 is a side elevation, partly broken away;

Fig. 4 is a vertical cross sectionalview talen substantially on line 4-4 of Fig. 3; an

Fi 5 is a diagrammatic view of the electric driving and lighting means yused in my advertising vehicle.

The form of construction illustrated in the drawings comprises an automobile or vehicle 9 including a body 10 and wheels 11. Stationary discs 12 are mounted on the outside of wheels 11 b means of straps or brackets 13 supporte on the mudguards 14 and the running board 15. The stationary discs 12 are adapted and arranged to bear advertising matter, and likewise are the curved flanges 15' which extend upwardly from the running boards to the body of the vehicle.

The body 10 of the truck comprises the main advertising features or means including stationary means and movable means, and the stationar means includes panels 16 provided at t e sides of the drivers cabin, and columns or posts 17 and 13 at the front and at the rear of the body, which are provided with panels 17 and 18. These panels are preferably made of opaque is mounted in said globe to illuminate and display the advertising matter thereon. A curved top or cover 23 1s mounted over the top of a vehicle body 10 and isy provided with side panels 24 and end panels25, which are preferably stationary and arranged to receiveiand-display advertising matter. Said panels 9.4andv25y preferably' consist of transparent material, and lights 26 arev mounted inward' thereof to illuminate the lpanels land the adveI-tisi-ngl -matter thereon. A glass or transparent panel 27 is provided on each side of the driver-7s cabin,v and is also adapted to. contain advertisingy matter thereon. A: door or` back member 28 is hinged on the rear of the body asindicatedand-.is providedv with a panel 29V adapted to displayy advertising matter.

Inaddition; .tothe above'outlined stationary means or members. for bearingA advertising matter, I alsoprovidemovable means forbearingzadvertising matter, and this includes a cupola or dome 30 mounted to rotate on the curved top 23, and provided with transparent panels 31 for bearing advertising matter. The cupola is rotated or driven by means of any suitable mechanism, as a shaft 32 fastened to the top of the cupola and rotating in a bearing 33 supported by means of brackets 34 on top of the vehicle body. The movable advertising means further includes a plurality of endless flexible members or belts 35, 36 and 37, arranged to travel at each side of the body and spaced slightly inward from transparent side panels 38, 39 and 40. The endless members 35, 36 and 37 rotate over suitable upper rollers 41, 42 and 43 and lower rollers 44, 45 and 46, and are driven by intermediate rollers 47 provided with gears 48 meshing with a common drive gear 49 placed between said gears 43. Idlers 50 are also provided to keep the endless members or belts taut. A sprocket 51 is connected with a shaft 52 to drive gear 49 and has said shaft supported in a bracket 53 at the ill) top of the vehicle body. A Chain 5l drives sprocket 5l and is driven by a sprocket 55 actuated by a suitable driving motor 5G. A bevel gear 5T is mounted on the inner end ol' shat't .32 and drives a bevel pinion 58 on the lovver end ot shalt 32 to rotate the cupola 2S. Lights 59 are mounted with reliectors GO at the top and bottom adjacent the sides of the vehicle body -it'or illuminating the movable endless members and the advertising matter thereon.

Any suitable means may be employed for driving the motor 5G and energizing the lights provided `for illuminating thel advertising matter, and in Fig. 5 l have diagrammatically indicated means l'or actuating said moto and lights. As shown in said F ig. 5, the motor im may be connected With a battery (5l by means ot a conductor 62 and may be grounded by a conductor G3, a switch (il being provided, in a position readily operable trom the drivers seat, l'or opening and tor closing the motor circuit. rlhe battery may be grounded as indicated at G5. A conductor GG extends from the battery to the lights on the automobile and a conductor GT extends trom the lights baci; to the battery, a switch GS being provided iter opening and closingthe light circuit, and the lights are preferably arranged in series with conductors GG and 6T, as indicated in Fig. 5.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

l. A vehicle with a body having a cupola rotatably mounted thereon and provided with means to bear advertising matter, endless tlexible means mounted at the sides ot said body and arranged to display advertising mattei', and gear means for driving said cupola and said endless flexible means in unison.

2. A vehicle with a body having a cupola rotatably mounted thereon and provided with means to bear advertising matter, endless flexible means mounted at the sides oit said body and arranged to display advertising mattei', gear means for driving said cupola and said endless tlexible means in unison, and poiver means for driving said gear means.

3. A vehicle comprising a body having a cupola movably mounted thereon, panels on said cupola tor bearing advertising matter. columns With stationary panels on said body for bearing advertising matter, transparent panels on said body and movable means mounted inward thereof tor display-I ing advertising matter through said transy50 parent panels, and electric lights for illuminating all ot said panels and advertising matter.

l, A vehicle comprising a body with columns thereon, panels on said Columns t'or ,displaying advertising matter, lights on said columns for illuminating said matter, glass panels on said body, movable means inward ot said glass panels for displaying advertising matter therethrough, lights on said body tor illuminating said matter, a curved top on said body with panels lor displaying advertising matter, a cupola rotatably mounted on said curved top and having panels for displaying advertising matter, and lights tor illuminating the panels on said curved top and on said cupola.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specilieation.

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